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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 946

Producer led watershed protection grants and transferring moneys within the environmental fund. (FE)

Became law

The governor signed it on Apr 4, 2018. It's ⁠.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 12, 2018

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 22, 2018

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 32 to 0

  5. Governor, passed

    Signed

  6. Law, here now

    2017 Wisconsin Act 196

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 4, 2018: “Published 4-4-2018”

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What it does

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill increases, from $3,325,000 to $3,825,000 in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 fiscal years, the amount of the appropriation for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's soil and water resource management program. The bill prohibits DATCP from requesting a continuation of this increased funding in its budget request submitted for the following fiscal biennium. The bill also increases, from $250,000 to $750,000, the amount under the program that may be allocated for producer led watershed protection grants in each fiscal year of the 2017-19 biennium.

Under the 2017 Biennial Budget Act, $3,152,500 of the moneys in the environmental fund that have been received for the purpose of environmental management is required, in each fiscal year of the biennium, to be considered as having been received for debt service payments for certain nonpoint source water pollution abatement projects. This bill increases that amount to $3,652,500 in each of those fiscal years.

Who's behind it

6 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 6 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 10 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (4)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 5 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry vote to recommend it

Passed, 12 to 0 · Feb 20, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 12, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 32 to 0 · Mar 20, 2018

See how each of the 32 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 4, 2018

    The new law was published.

  2. Apr 4, 2018

    The governor signed it. It became 2017 Wisconsin Act 196.

  3. Apr 2, 2018

    Sent to the governor.

  4. Mar 20, 2018

    The Senate passed it too, 32 to 0.

  5. Mar 15, 2018

    “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  6. Mar 15, 2018

    “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  7. Mar 15, 2018

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  8. Mar 12, 2018

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  9. Feb 23, 2018

    The Senate received it.

  10. Feb 22, 2018

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  11. Feb 22, 2018

    The Assembly passed it.

  12. Feb 20, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  13. Feb 20, 2018

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 0.

  14. Feb 19, 2018

    The committee held a public hearing.

  15. Feb 16, 2018

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  16. Feb 12, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Environment and Forestry.

  17. Feb 12, 2018

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Krug, Novak, Petryk, Quinn and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Marklein and Testin

  2. Feb 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Environment and Forestry

  3. Feb 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 19, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Environment and Forestry, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  7. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:29 PM on 2-22-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 27

  9. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Representatives Pronschinske and Shankland added as coauthors

  14. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 23, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  19. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  20. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  26. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Mar 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-29-2018

  29. Apr 2, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2018

  30. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 196

  31. Apr 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2018

Terms on this page

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Wisconsin Act

The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.

Official term: Act

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary